The only “peace plan” that makes sense is the one from Sanna Marin, Finland’s former Prime Minister: “The way out of the conflict is for Russia to leave Ukraine. That is the way out of the conflict.”

Also another reminder that <10 people in Washington - all of whom are Republicans & all of whom keep getting total daily free passes from the media about their cowardice - could end most of the madness tomorrow by simply caucusing with the Democrats & giving them control of both the House & Senate.

✊ Zoe Lyons: "We're not allowing them to integrate in any way, shape or form. We are missing a trick on all of that talent that is also coming here." "In all of that rhetoric the human side of it gets lost. And there are so many human beings just trying to better themselves."

‼️ Friends, this is very important. Please share to whoever this may concern, especially if you are in the United States. Ukraine wants peace. Lasting, just, sustainable peace, and not a pause before the next bloodbath. I cannot stress this enough.

An absolute scandal compounded in this case by failure of French government and EU institutions to forcefully react and sanction in turn those who have sanctioned ICC judges and prosecutors. Makes a total mockery of FR/EU's repeated commitment to the rule of law/ICC www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...

So twitter briefly allowed people to see where each account was operating from, and turns out the official DHS account is run from Tel Aviv. It’s wild how Americans still think their government acts independently when half their institutions are basically fused with a genocidal apartheid state.

Congress, pay attention. We the People decide where our money goes — not the President. And we are demanding full support for Ukraine, with everything they need to win. Trump does not hold the power of the purse. The American people do. Act accordingly.

This, from the Guardian, is Ryanair at its very worst. It's not good enough for them to insist that they're a low-cost airline and everyone knows the rules, in circumstances like this... I wonder if legislation is needed?

New in PN: @mattgertz.bsky.social on the Orbanization of the press "Everyone just accepts that of course the FCC will only allow a merger if it goes to a person that Trump wants to own it. That’s a very precipitous decline in our broad public assumptions of how govt power is supposed to be wielded"

On the patently unlawful boat strikes It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes. WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals: 1) CIA General Counsel 2) NSC Legal Adviser 3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer 🧵

This young man has it exactly right.

Shame on you @teamlabouruk.bsky.social

"Ukrainians would be mad to accept it" says John Bolton, Trump's former adviser now critic, when asked whether Zelenskyy should accept the US president's 28-point peace plan.

This isn't a new world order so much as a one off US President simply upending as many rules as he can to run his mob, having convinced an awful lot of naive people that he has their best interests at heart, and used power on others.

⚡️ 'Rewarding Russian butchery' — US lawmakers rail against Trump's Ukraine peace deal. "Rewarding Russian butchery would be disastrous to America’s interests," U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell said.

If you want to understand Ukraine and Ukrainians, remember this: During the liberation of Kherson, one man said, “Now, we have no electricity in the city, no water, no central supply heating, no mobile connection, no internet connection, but we have no RUSSIANS” 1/2

This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.

🚨 SCOOP: Toyota and Aston Martin secretly lobbied a Conservative cabinet minister to weaken Britain’s climate policy. We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...

Department of......what?

*sigh*

So apparently this is fine but Canadian governments using advertising to share views with Americans about trade is completely inappropriate. Got it.

The Donald Trump peace plan is nothing of the sort. It takes Russian demands and presents them as peace proposals, in what is effectively for Ukraine a surrender ultimatum news.sky.com/story/trump-...

“Trump now takes Putin’s side. Europe must choose again: appeasement or our values, imperialism or freedom”

Yellow-legged nest located by National Bee Unit (NBU) in Swyre, Dorset Please continue to look up for potential nests & report. The NBU can only investigate if an insect photo is submitted. Nests of other species can look very similar Photo Crown copyright APHA

My favorite moon landing conspiracy is that it was faked but they hired Stanley Kubrick to direct it and he was so dedicated to make it look real he demanded that they shoot on location.

Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph. One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics. What could go wrong? www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...

X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based. Here’s an “influencer from Texas”

No single person, especially someone with zero expertise, should be able to just change the CDC website on a whim. The fact that federal health and science pages are no longer trustable is a catastrophe for public health and democracy.

America 2025.

Update on yellow-legged hornet (YLH) W/E 21 Nov 544 sightings in 2025. 2 more nests have been discovered in Ewhurst, East Sussex and Swyre, Dorset. These nests have been destroyed and will be removed. 161 confirmed nests found in 2025.

It would take peers 20 years to get through all the amendments at this pace. When an unelected chamber deliberately stalls a bill backed by the Commons, it does more than delay legislation; it undermines representative democracy. #AssistedDyingBill humanists.uk/2025/11/21/a...

I visited St. Mary's Church in Banbury earlier and decorated a Christmas Tree for their Christmas Tree Festival. The Festival is held annually to raise money for charities. This year the theme is "Some of our Favourite Things...".

AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.

Helluva week in America... here are 5 minutes breaking down some of the key things you should know! All these actions and more available on www.trumpactiontracker.info youtu.be/3xjl2U2QteY

Prof. Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social with the always-timely rundown of Trump's crimes for the week. Watch, then share with people in your world who may not know what is happening with this criminal administration. As always: keep demanding impeachment.

' Crackpot'

Americans will die....needlessly.

Farage et al really mustn't be allowed to walk away from this scandal, and its wider implications: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We will struggle to explain to future generations how something so transparent and stupid was able to take place youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...

Today is World Pancreatic Cancer Day, and I am delighted to see that Banbury Town Council has joined the #purplelights movement as part of efforts to raise awareness of the ongoing battle against the disease. Please visit www.pancreaticcancer.org.uk to find out more.

“Since 1998, independent researchers have conducted more than 40 high-quality studies involving over 5.6 million people. The conclusion is clear and unambiguous: There’s no link between vaccines and autism." -Dr. Susan Kressly, AAP President on recent changes to the CDC's website

This is an accidentally honest answer. What she's saying in code is: "The President is a misogynist, petulant bully. You've all seen him be a misogynist, petulant bully. And lots of voters out there are also misogynist or petulant or bullies and that's why they like him."

Incredible. The Chancellor rents out her house without council permission and there’s an enormous fuss and people saying she should resign. Reform members talk openly about genocide on Muslims - and, well - relative silence. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Oh, my local Reform (who run the county council) endorsing *checks notes* foreign criminals...

And why are they able to keep fucking it up for the rest of us? Because the right wing operation is utterly ruthless and simply won’t allow their own to be held to account. Unless we have politicians and public figures willing to do it, we will always pay a v high price for their abuses of power.

Important: House Dem leaders just said Trump's call for execution of Dems has prompted them to contact US Capitol Police and House Sergeant at Arms to "ensure the safety of these members and their families." Treat Trump like an unhinged menace. He's weak and in deep political trouble. Don't let up.